12:54 PM ET Naoya Inoue’s ambitious plans for 2020 under his new co-promotional deal with Top Rank may have to be tempered. While “The Monster” unified bantamweight world titles and won the eight-man World Boxing Super Series tournament by unanimous decision against Nonito Donaire on Thursday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, the
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2:42 PM ET As far as Andre Ward is concerned, it’s thanks, but no thanks. Ward, the former unified super middleweight and light heavyweight world titleholder, said on Friday that he is not interested in coming out of retirement to fight newly crowned light heavyweight titlist Canelo Alvarez. Since Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, climbed two
1:29 PM ET Former middleweight world titleholders Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will meet in a 12-round super middleweight bout Dec. 20, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday at a news conference in Los Angeles. The fight, expected to be finalized for weeks, will take place in Phoenix at the Talking
10:35 AM ET Love Island finalist Tommy Fury, brother of Tyson, will fight for the first time since appearing on the show in December on the undercard of Daniel Dubois’ contest with Kyotaro Fujimoto on Dec. 21. Fury, who is well-known in the UK for finishing runner-up of the reality show, has won both of
9:17 AM ET Steve KimESPN The fight receiving most of attention this weekend is the battle between YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul at Staples Center in Los Angeles. In August 2018, the two social media mavens met at Manchester Arena in England and fought to a six-round majority draw. The broadcast produced a huge online
10:46 PM ET Heavyweight sensation Daniel Dubois, fast rising up the rankings, will return to the ring to face Kyotaro Fujimoto on Dec. 21 in the main event of a card that Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions has dubbed “The Fight Before Christmas” at the Copper Box Arena in London. Dubois and Fujimoto will meet
6:44 PM ET Bantamweight world titlist Zolani Tete wants a crack at unified titleholder Naoya “The Monster” Inoue. In electrifying fashion, Inoue won the eight-man World Boxing Super Series tournament by unanimous decision over four-division titlist Nonito Donaire to unify belts in a contender for fight of the year on Thursday at the Saitama Super
4:10 PM ET The string of Mexican boxers testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol has included superstar Canelo Alvarez, Luis Nery, Francisco Vargas and, in recent days, Rey Vargas and Julio Cesar Martinez. On Thursday, the WBC announced that it will begin acknowledging the increased allowable threshold for the drug established earlier this year
10:04 AM ET WBO junior lightweight world titleholder Jamel Herring faces Lamont Roach Jr. in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California, on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. The undercard will air at 6:30 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+. Herring (20-2, 10 KOs), 34, won the
Nonito Donaire is a lock to get into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. With eight titles won in four weight classes — from flyweight to junior featherweight — the “Filipino Flash” will surely gain entry on the first ballot. Throughout his career, Donaire has been a world traveler. He fought in his native Philippines